How Wood railway station

How Wood
How Wood
Location
Place	How Wood
Local authority	St. Albans
Grid reference	TL144033
Operations
Station code	HWW
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	23,888
2015/16	27,804
2016/17	28,994
2017/18	33,592
2018/19	34,690
History
Key dates	Opened 22 October 1988
Original company	British Rail
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at How Wood from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

How Wood railway station is in the village of How Wood, Hertfordshire, England. It is the fourth station on the Abbey Line, 4 ¹⁄₂ miles (7.2 km) from Watford Junction. Like all the other stations on the branch (except Watford Junction), it is a simple unstaffed halt. It was opened by British Rail in October 1988 to coincide with the overhead electrification of the line.

Service

There is a service every 45 minutes in either direction Monday to Saturday, with hourly service on Sundays. It takes 16 minutes to travel between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey.

Future

In November 2007 responsibility for the branch line, including How Wood, passed from Silverlink trains to Govia London Midland trains. Installation of Oyster Card readers on the stations along the branch is a possibility, although there are other ticketing options too.

Restoration of the crossing loop at Bricket Wood is being considered by the local authorities and Network Rail, which would facilitate trains running every 30 minutes.

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External links

Train times and station information for How Wood railway station from National Rail
How Wood Station at abbeyline.org.uk

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bricket Wood		London Northwestern Railway Abbey Line		Park Street

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